At 12 years old, Nick D’Aloisio began his career as a mobile
programmer when he downloaded the Apple Developer Kit. By 15, one of his
hacks, an app known as “Trimit,” caught the eye of an investor in Asia
offering to fund “the company’s” next project.

What company? D’Aloisio, a school boy from South London, admitted to this venture capitalist that it was merely an after-school creation.